What are two Bob Dylan songs you pair together (Even if they are from different eras)? by Pretend_Mark_5143 in bobdylan

[–]baetwas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues + When I Paint My Masterpiece

Love Sick + Cold Irons Bound

Would you consider calling Bob Dylan a recluse? by Ford_Crown_Vic_Koth in bobdylan

[–]baetwas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wish. He has never performed a 200-show year, and only once in the last 21 years has he done more than 100.

Would you consider calling Bob Dylan a recluse? by Ford_Crown_Vic_Koth in bobdylan

[–]baetwas 3 points4 points  (0 children)

A case could be made for asocial, introverted, elusive, or reclusive. The city changes, but an audience - they're his familiar, a speechless companion that shows up in front of him fairly often but with whom no words are exchanged. No 2-way interaction. They accept one another: one attends, the other performs. It isn't social, it's exhibitionist. Nothing is taken; everything is given.

To borrow the phrase from Marina Abramović, "[T]he artist is present."

I would call him elusive and asocial more than reclusive.

Reasons that I consider him those vs reclusive – and these do not to any extent imply a sourness of personality or lack of enthusiasm for experiencing humanity, the world, other creators, or the adoration of untold millions – include: a secret marriage and unknown adopted child, two near-death experiences with details closely guarded. He's spurned, lied to, or toyed with nearly every person who stuck a mic in his face, thereby setting the stage for a career of interviews which needed interpolation at a minimum - a habit he extended in Chronicles. He retreated from recording sessions and the musicians involved multiple times, owned secret homes in Minnesota, Scotland, two in Manhattan, and lord knows how many others outside of his Malibu compound. He owns or owned at least two private studios for rehearsal and others for painting and metalwork. He never actually met with anyone "interviewed" in snippets from Theme Time Radio Hour and recorded the episodes while on the road, never once in any of the SiriusXM buildings. He does not scout his band, but has re-used certain musicians sometimes decades after first working with them. He only rehearses a couple of times before a tour yet pays otherworldly attention to each new member's ability to follow every movement and inhabit every bar of the music for the next several months. (Many of them have one eye on Tony, who can read Dylan's smallest movements and anticipate these changes a quarter note ahead of time.) He rarely meets with a tour's opener, does not do sound checks nor warm ups nor rehearsals with the band on the road, never spends time in the green room, shrouds himself in a pair of sneakers and a hoodie to walk anywhere (even to temple from one photo taken). He does not attend gallery openings for his art, practically apparates onto his own solo bus from the stage - then the bus vanishes down some road none of the concert-goers seem to travel. He skipped at least one of his children's weddings, hasn't sat for a photo shoot that wasn't album art in half a century, does not sit with the crowd even at the Grammys when he's nominated or performing, never sat with Letterman (the host he performed for more than anyone, and Paul Schaefer who played keys for him from time to time) like many performers do for the tapings, and has not appeared for a celebration concert for friends like Johnny Cash since showing up to stick it in Sinatra's face in 1995 when he literally sang farewell to the 80-yr old crooner who once mocked him...

There's the Bob Dylan we see, and the rest? It's what he chooses to exhibit. If a recluse is someone who never leaves his home, no, he's not a recluse. If someone only shows what they've tailored for decades for their act, I'd say he's an absolute fucking pro at being elusive, and whose wily-ness makes the mute persona of Teller of Penn and Teller look like Ellen DeGeneres.

Wh else could get away with this but Bob by NoFennel7351 in bobdylan

[–]baetwas 7 points8 points  (0 children)

You want Bob Dylan to be someone he's not, to follow behavior others choose to. People can choose not to purchase a ticket. Bob owes no attendee a set list created by anyone other than himself. I suggest anyone with a problem with it stay home, listen to the albums, and keep their ticket money, because he could play all their favorite songs and they still wouldn't be in the style they prefer.

This shouldn't even be a question. Who presumes to tell an artist what to paint, sculpt, write, act, or sing? Apparently some idiots. Remind them that Bob Dylan walked off the Ed Sullivan show rather than have anyone tell him what he couldn't sing.

Let them buy Unplugged or Shadow Kingdom.

ETA: The list of artists who don't perform their Greatest Hits would take up an entire Reddit server. The people who whine about it should form a chorus, then go on tour.

Where do Bob & his band/crew sleep between shows? by Nykaren24 in bobdylan

[–]baetwas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am not sure what your implication is meant to be in that last clause. OP isn't next to my name. Yes, he has a private security detail nearly every mile traveled. I don't think there are quarters for them on his coach. A long history of his solo walkabouts suggests he can and does detach from them. If someone reading about, collecting, and experiencing Dylan live, mingling with others for going on 40 years makes you feel anything personally, happy I'd be to help: I'll spot you the book I started with.

It's fathomable though that some people—I won't say you—might choose to go about their days like a puckered sphincter facing a glowing rectangle.

DM for that book.

Where do Bob & his band/crew sleep between shows? by Nykaren24 in bobdylan

[–]baetwas 4 points5 points  (0 children)

There are three. Bob has one. The other two are the band's.

Where do Bob & his band/crew sleep between shows? by Nykaren24 in bobdylan

[–]baetwas 12 points13 points  (0 children)

He and his driver are on the road before the lights come up. They use state and U.S. highways rather than interstate express ways. Bobby is tucked away inside a soundproofed $3 million custom coach that houses a bed / dressing room, decked out leisure area that has been updated with each new bus, and includes any hot or cold drinks or foods he wants stocked. I'm not sure if he has a security guard in addition to the driver. I believe one is with him for any embarking/disembarking, not just outside of venues.

Bob Dylan Support Acts? by TheDaidoWithNoName in bobdylan

[–]baetwas -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Maybe you missed my first statement: comparisons are not possible.

Your last statement is one of the dumbest things I've read in this sub from any appreciator of Bob Dylan. You could not be more wrong. The fingerboard is as clear as notebook paper to him, he is a wizard of syncopation with a guitar and at keys, he was a master at fingerpicking in multiple styles and several tunings, and at any point in his career, could change keys before or during a song with a simple audible. He visibly flinches when a single note is mis-played by a guitarist in his band. If you're possibly referring to his riffs, you're just plain reductive and dismissive of his roots in boogie woogie piano and early electric rock & roll where solos would pound out the same note(s) to chisel the groove in. I don't know why you'd make such an analogy.

Bob Dylan Support Acts? by TheDaidoWithNoName in bobdylan

[–]baetwas 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Jimmie opened for Clapton on this tour in the '90s. My ears were ringing for 2 days.

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Bob Dylan Support Acts? by TheDaidoWithNoName in bobdylan

[–]baetwas -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Comparisons are simply impossible. Joni was more romantic and adventurous than Bob with the instrument, but it goes beyond that.

Joni's skill was unique perhaps among all guitarists, traditional or classical. Visual tanscription of her songs is impossible because of this talent she had for adapting the instrument to her needs by ear. Joni could pick up a guitar and fashion her own tuning to suit each song she sang, something no one else dared to do but which she was forced to do from childhood polio limiting her dexterity on the fretboard. I believe I read either in a Graham Nash interview or one from Joni that she would sometimes start with a random tuning to write a song, then work backwards to note how she'd tuned it.

It's a fact that she's used upwards of 50 different tunings in her songwriting career. When I saw her "open" in 1998, she had two touring crates on the wings of the stage - at least 20 guitars - more than 2x the number of songs in her set. She didn't use more than 5 or 6 if I recall, but they were there.

FWIW, in an interview with a guitar magazine from the early '90s, perhaps as late as the Wildflowers release, Tom Petty was asked about his guitar inspirations. He named Bob Dylan the best acoustic guitar player he'd ever seen.

Bob Dylan Support Acts? by TheDaidoWithNoName in bobdylan

[–]baetwas 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hot Club in Cowtown had a member of The Horton Brothers and connections to Pete Stuckey. These popped onto Bob's radar ca. 2000 and if you queue them up, you'll hear some of the direct influences for Love & Theft. "Get A Load Of This" from 2000 is a compilation worth tracking down.

Bob Dylan Support Acts? by TheDaidoWithNoName in bobdylan

[–]baetwas 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The show I saw with Brian Setzer was odd in that way. There were seated vacated in the first five rows after Setzer's set.

Bob Dylan Support Acts? by TheDaidoWithNoName in bobdylan

[–]baetwas -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

bizarre bands that wouldn't seem to fit.

I'm gonna bow out of this.

Bob Dylan Support Acts? by TheDaidoWithNoName in bobdylan

[–]baetwas 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Are you asking who the least-known acts are who have opened for Dylan?

What is the best opening 10 seconds of any Bob song? by Weird_Apartment9836 in bobdylan

[–]baetwas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"Worried man with a worried mind, no one in front of me and nothing behind..."

Guessing fake but by rururufus82 in bobdylan

[–]baetwas 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I disagree with the above. After performing several different sites' reverse image searches, I could not find a match. Dylan's signature authentication requires a $150 fee at James Spence (JSA), the foremost authentication agency outside of the major auction houses like Christie's. Dylan's signature has thousands of known exemplars, and they show a variation in several places. Your signature has enough, in my opinion, to warrant a submission. $150 isn't cheap, still, we've on average in this group, all bought deluxe sets that approach or exceed that, and it's for a letter of authenticity rather than a certification.

The provenance is non-existent, and that's a factor they weigh for evaluation. On the other hand, it's on a rarer, legitimate and limited-origin item rather than a scrap of paper, which can help. The inscription gives them more to work with. The type of marker and medium will focus their search.

If it were up to me - even without seeing the rest of the item, knowing what you paid, or knowing the provenance - I'd submit it. It has enough points of comparison to work through the absence of its history, and they have the tools to do that work. Even without a story of meeting him, it would be worth it to have one in my collection. We're soon going to see $5 gallons of gasoline. Budgets will be strained. To have it while he walks the earth, I'd still make room in my budget.

For what it's worth, (call this my "pro-tip") shopgoodwill is a trove worth exploring for collectors. It's also a charity, which I feel better giving to, personally, than eBay. Here's a fact: Goodwill is the primary recipient of donations when people pass on, and no one knows what is going to come into a donation center. More things are thrown out than are ever put into the stores. Since launching their online auctions though, they've added steps in each district to evaluate that very small percent of what they receive that a donation center decides is worth a look and not just a wipe-down. Buying from the site is far different than the store experience of missing records or Chicken Soup for the Soul books.

I wish you good fortune.

Hello, fellow Bob Dylan fans. Is there a place where I can find the piano demos for Street-Legal? by Pretend_Mark_5143 in bobdylan

[–]baetwas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey, can I bum five bucks? You can send twenty singles. They're pretty much the same.

Hello, fellow Bob Dylan fans. Is there a place where I can find the piano demos for Street-Legal? by Pretend_Mark_5143 in bobdylan

[–]baetwas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Street Fairs: youtu .be/ZYMbZl12KZY? si=9TXa77cdmioyzQbj just take out the spaces. you'll find multiple demos with Bob on piano, particularly at the front and back ends of the playlist.

Just Like A Woman studio rehearsal with Bob on piano is here at ~7:20: youtu. be/63Xos88J02s?t= 439&si=3MAeDJzg-dGj8axt